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Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Ophiuroidea (class) » Ophiurida (order) » Ophiotrichidae (family)

CAAB Code:	25 192000 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Ophiotrichidae - undifferentiated

CAAB category:	25 - Echinodermata	Distribution map: Occurrence locations shown as circles - View CSIRO Catch records
Family:	Ophiotrichidae (brittlestars) - show full list
Common Name:	brittlestars
Common Names List:	brittlestars
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Child Codes:	25 192902 Gymnolophus spp. 25 192903 Lissophiothrix spp. 25 192904 Macrophiothrix spp. 25 192905 Ophiocnemis spp. 25 192906 Ophiogymna spp. 25 192907 Ophiomaza spp. 25 192908 Ophiophthirius spp. 25 192909 Ophiopsammium spp. 25 192910 Ophiopteron spp. 25 192911 Ophiothela spp. 25 192901 Ophiothrix spp.
Organism Type:	a brittlestar

Taxon Notes:

This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to family level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available.

Identifiers:

Australian Faunal Directory (AFD)	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9f38603d-8b32-42e6-bc54-504d7372d207 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123208 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2017-06-23 View at WoRMS - also at OBIS (report and map of occurrences)

Scientific Name verified against:	O'Hara, T.D. Hugall, A.F. Thuy, B. Stöhr, S. Martynov, A.V., 2017. Restructuring higher taxonomy using broad-scale phylogenomics: The living Ophiuroidea., Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Vol. 107: 415-430. . doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.006

CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report